Categories: life
Date: 30 July 2009 18:02:02
Today I have made several discoveries that have caused me to return to my abode, shaking my head with disbelief, and wondering what the world is coming to. As well as needing a lie down to recover.
I stood in the public library, and stared at the ceiling for a while. You see, a long time ago, I learnt to swim in that building. You have not mis-read that. Thirty or more years ago, the building that now houses the public library and Art Gallery and Museum, was used for different purposes, one of which was the swimming pool. I was never particularly good at any kind of sport, but enjoyed swimming, if left to my own pace. I also happened to prefer back-stroke, and therefore spent much time looking at that ceiling. Especially on the day I did my mile badge. Which took me about twice as long as almost everyone else.
Then, once I'd recovered from that, I took myself off to the very nice gardens we used to play in a lot when spending time at our grandparents, who lived nearer to them than we did. There, I saw the addition of fences all around the pond and along the river. (This I understood - the swans always could be a bit vicious, and most of us fell in the pond at least once until we learnt to be more careful.) Then, I toddled along to see the birds at the aviary... to discover it is now the Aviary Cafe, minus birds. So, I had a cup of coffee and some cake instead.
Still, if I will stay away from an area for the best part of quarter of a century, then when I come to re-explore it, I must expect to find changes!